Millville, NJ, May 17, 1929, Complete Results from Previously Unreported Card

[DavidKehler]

Here are the complete results from a card held at the Punch Bowl in Millville, NJ, on Friday, May 17, 1929. Results from this card have been previously unreported on Boxrec.

Larry Jackson, 138, Millville, NJ KO2 Eddie Lane, 128, 1/2, Atlantic City (scheduled for 8)
Jack Houvig, 175, Salem, NJ NC2 Eddie Pew, 168 1/2, Pennsgrove, NJ (scheduled for 6)
Hong Kong (or Steve Blammer), 153, Salem, NJ KO4 Jack Kelly, 148, Norma, NJ (scheduled for 6)
Johnny Risko, 131, Vineland, NJ D4 Chick Hartze (or Hartje), 128, Newfield, NJ
Harry Greb, Vineland, NJ D4 Kid Gloves, 119, Mays Landing, NJ (Greb's weight was not reported)

Referee: Frank Gant
Promoter: Millville Athletic Club, Inc.

Sources for the results: "Evening Times", Vineland, NJ, May 18, 1929, page 8, and "Millville Daily Republican", Millville, NJ, May 18, 1929, page 6.
Sources for a preview of the card and advertising: "Evening Times", Vineland, NJ, May 17, 1929, page 8, and "Millville Daily Republican", Millville, NJ, May 17, 1929, page 6.

According to the account in the May 18 "Evening Times", the police stopped the main event to prevent Lane from receiving further punishment.

The semifinal was stopped by Referee Gant and ruled no contest when a punch from Houvig broke Pew's nose. Pew had been knocked down in the first round.

The winner of the third bout was identified as Hong Kong in the "Millville Daily Republican" and as Steve Blammer in the "Evening Times".

In one of the prelims, the "Evening Times" on May 18 identified one of the boxers as Chick Hartje, while the advertisement in the "Millville Daily Republican" listed him as Chick Hartze. The preview article in the "Evening Times" on May 17 had it Chick Hartze. His name in the Boxrec database is Chick Hartze.